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2005 LPGA Tour
Golf tour season
Golf tour season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 2005 |
| tour | LPGA Tour |
| regular_season | – |
| no_of_events | 35 |
| most_wins | 10 SWE Annika Sörenstam |
| honor1 | Money leader |
| honoree1 | SWE Annika Sörenstam |
| honor2 | Rolex Player of the Year |
| honoree2 | SWE Annika Sörenstam |
| honor3 | Rookie of the Year |
| honoree3 | USA Paula Creamer |
| prevseason | [2004](2004-lpga-tour) |
| nextseason | [2006](2006-lpga-tour) |
The 2005 LPGA Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place from February through December 2005. The tournaments were sanctioned by the United States–based Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA). Total prize money for all tournaments was $45,100,000.
Annika Sörenstam dominated the Tour in 2005, winning ten tournaments, including two of the four major tournaments, winning more than $2 million in prize money for the fifth consecutive season. Five other players earned over $1 million. Players from South Korea continued to be a growing force on the Tour, with seven different Korean players winning tournaments, including the two majors not won by Sörenstam: Birdie Kim at the U.S. Women's Open and Jeong Jang at the Women's British Open
For details of what happened in the main tournaments of the year see 2005 in golf.
Tournament schedule and results
The number in parentheses after winners' names show the player's total number of official money, individual event wins on the LPGA Tour including that event.
| Date | Tournament | Location | Winner | Purse ($) | Winner's |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| share ($) | |||||
| Feb 13 | Women's World Cup of Golf | South Africa | (Rui Kitada & Ai Miyazato) | ||
| Feb 26 | SBS Open at Turtle Bay | Hawaii | PHI Jennifer Rosales (2) | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| Mar 6 | MasterCard Classic | Mexico | SWE Annika Sörenstam (57) | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| Mar 20 | Safeway International | Arizona | SWE Annika Sörenstam (58) | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| Mar 27 | **[Kraft Nabisco Championship](2005-kraft-nabisco-championship)** | California | SWE Annika Sörenstam (59) | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| Apr 16 | LPGA Takefuji Classic | Nevada | USA Wendy Ward (4) | 1,100,000 | 165,000 |
| Apr 24 | Corona Morelia Championship | Mexico | SWE Carin Koch (2) | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| May 1 | Franklin American Mortgage Championship | Tennessee | USA Stacy Prammanasudh (1) | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| May 8 | Michelob ULTRA Open at Kingsmill | Virginia | USA Cristie Kerr (5) | 2,200,000 | 330,000 |
| May 15 | Chick-fil-A Charity Championship | Georgia | SWE Annika Sörenstam (60) | 1,600,000 | 240,000 |
| May 22 | Sybase Classic | New York | USA Paula Creamer (1) | 1,250,000 | 187,500 |
| May 29 | LPGA Corning Classic | New York | KOR Jimin Kang (1) | 1,100,000 | 165,000 |
| Jun 5 | ShopRite LPGA Classic | New Jersey | SWE Annika Sörenstam (61) | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| Jun 12 | **[McDonald's LPGA Championship](2005-lpga-championship)** | Maryland | SWE Annika Sörenstam (62) | 1,800,000 | 270,000 |
| Jun 19 | Wegmans LPGA | New York | MEX Lorena Ochoa (3) | 1,500,000 | 225,000 |
| Jun 26 | **[U.S. Women's Open](2005-u-s-women-s-open)** | Colorado | KOR Birdie Kim (1) | 3,100,000 | 560,000 |
| Jul 3 | HSBC Women's World Match Play Championship | New Jersey | COL Marisa Baena (1) | 2,000,000 | 500,000 |
| Jul 10 | Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic | Ohio | USA Heather Bowie (1) | 1,200,000 | 180,000 |
| Jul 17 | BMO Financial Group Canadian Women's Open | Nova Scotia | KOR Meena Lee (1) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Jul 23 | Evian Masters | France | USA Paula Creamer (2) | 2,500,000 | 375,000 |
| Jul 31 | **[Weetabix Women's British Open](2005-women-s-british-open)** | England | KOR Jeong Jang (1) | 1,800,000 | 280,208 |
| Aug 21 | Safeway Classic | Oregon | KOR Kang Soo-yun (1) | 1,400,000 | 210,000 |
| Aug 28 | Wendy's Championship for Children | Ohio | USA Cristie Kerr (6) | 1,100,000 | 165,000 |
| Sep 4 | State Farm Classic | Illinois | USA Pat Hurst (4) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Sep 11 | [Solheim Cup](2005-solheim-cup) | Indiana | USA Team USA | n/a | |
| Sep 18 | John Q. Hammons Hotel Classic | Oklahoma | SWE Annika Sörenstam (63) | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| Oct 2 | Office Depot Championship | California | KOR Hee-Won Han (4) | 1,300,000 | 195,000 |
| Oct 9 | Longs Drugs Challenge | California | CHI Nicole Perrot (1) | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| Oct 16 | Samsung World Championship | California | SWE Annika Sörenstam (64) | 850,000 | 212,500 |
| Oct 30 | CJ Nine Bridges Classic | South Korea | KOR Jee Young Lee (1) | 1,350,000 | 202,500 |
| Nov 6 | Mizuno Classic | Japan | SWE Annika Sörenstam (65) | 1,000,000 | 150,000 |
| Nov 13 | The Mitchell Company Tournament of Champions | Alabama | USA Christina Kim (2) | 850,000 | 138,000 |
| Nov 19 | ADT Championship | Florida | SWE Annika Sörenstam (66) | 1,000,000 | 215,000 |
| Dec 11 | Lexus Cup | Singapore | International Team | n/a | |
| Dec 18 | Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge | Nevada | Champions Tour | n/a |
Tournaments in bold are majors.
Leaders
Money List leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Earnings ($) | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sörenstam | 2,588,240 | 20 | |
| 2 | Paula Creamer | 1,531,780 | 25 | |
| 3 | Cristie Kerr | 1,360,941 | 22 | |
| 4 | Lorena Ochoa | 1,201,786 | 23 | |
| 5 | Jang Jeong | 1,131,986 | 28 | |
| 6 | Natalie Gulbis | 1,010,154 | 27 | |
| 7 | Meena Lee | 870,182 | 28 | |
| 8 | Hee-Won Han | 856,364 | 27 | |
| 9 | Gloria Park | 842,349 | 26 | |
| 10 | Catriona Matthew | 776,924 | 26 |
Source:
Scoring Average leaders
| Rank | Player | Country | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annika Sörenstam | 69.33 | |
| 2 | Cristie Kerr | 70.86 | |
| 3 | Paula Creamer | 70.98 | |
| 4 | Jang Jeong | 71.17 | |
| 5 | Natalie Gulbis | 71.24 |
Source:
Award winners
The three competitive awards given out by the LPGA each year are:
- The Rolex Player of the Year is awarded based on a formula in which points are awarded for top-10 finishes and are doubled at the LPGA's four major championships. The points system is: 30 points for first; 12 points for second; nine points for third; seven points for fourth; six points for fifth; five points for sixth; four points for seventh; three points for eighth; two points for ninth and one point for 10th.
- 2005 Winner: Annika Sörenstam. Runner-up: Paula Creamer
- The Vare Trophy, named for Glenna Collett-Vare, is given to the player with the lowest scoring average for the season.
- 2005 Winner: Annika Sörenstam. Runner-up: Cristie Kerr
- The Louis Suggs Rolex Rooke of the Year Award is awarded to the first-year player on the LPGA Tour who scores the highest in a points competition in which points are awarded at all full-field domestic events and doubled at the LPGA's four major championships. The points system is: 150 points for first; 80 points for second; 75 points for third; 70 points for fourth; and 65 points for fifth. After fifth place, points are awarded in increments of three, beginning at sixth place with 62 points. Rookies who make the cut in an event and finish below 41st each receive five points. The award is named after Louise Suggs, one of the founders of the LPGA.
- 2005 Winner: Paula Creamer. Runner-up: Meena Lee
References
References
- "LPGA Tournament Chronology 2000-2008". LPGA.
- "Money/Finishes: Official Money – 2005". LPGA.
- "Scoring: Scoring Average – 2005". LPGA.
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